ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top military commander, Field Marshal Asim Munir, said on Wednesday that the armed forces remain fully alert to efforts by hostile intelligence agencies to destabilize the country through state-sponsored proxies, and that terrorism launched from across the border will be confronted with the full power of the state.
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Pakistan appeals for calm after overnight US-Iran strikes, reaffirms role as go-between
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the latest escalation of fighting in the Middle East and called on the United States and Iran to pull back from further confrontation after a round of mutual strikes overnight.
US charges imprisoned Indian gang boss in assassination of Sikh activist in Canada
ISLAMABAD: US federal prosecutors on Tuesday unsealed charges against the imprisoned leader of an Indian organized crime network and an associate they say served as his point man in North America, accusing the pair of orchestrating the 2023 murder of a Sikh separatist leader outside a temple in suburban Vancouver — a killing that had already thrown relations between Canada and India into turmoil.
Monsoon floods strand 200 travelers in northern Pakistan; all rescued unharmed
ISLAMABAD: Emergency crews pulled more than 200 stranded travelers to safety late Tuesday after flash flooding tore through a mountain highway in northwestern Pakistan, the latest and largest rescue in a monsoon season that has already killed 18 people nationwide.
Iran, US trade fresh strikes as Trump declares ceasefire ‘over’
ISLAMABAD: President Trump declared on Wednesday that the fragile ceasefire ending the war between the United States and Iran was finished, threatening a new round of American strikes even as he left the door open, however narrowly, to further talks.
Militant attacks across Balochistan kill 42, including 38 security personnel, in four days
ISLAMABAD: A wave of militant attacks across Pakistan’s restive southwestern province of Balochistan has killed 42 people over the past four days, including 27 police officers, 11 soldiers, and four civilians, the military said on Wednesday, in one of the deadliest bursts of violence the region has experienced in months.
Wreckage of missing cargo jet found south of Ormara after daylong search
KARACHI: The wreckage of a cargo jet that vanished over the Arabian Sea was located on Wednesday roughly 53 nautical miles south of the coastal town of Ormara, capping a 12-hour search by the Pakistan Navy and maritime security forces that mobilised warships, surveillance aircraft, and merchant vessels within hours of the plane’s disappearance.
In new global liveability rankings, Karachi remains mired near the bottom – and Gulf cities tumble too
KARACHI: Copenhagen has once again been named the world’s most livable city, but for residents of Karachi, Pakistan’s sprawling port metropolis, the latest edition of a closely watched global index brought little to celebrate: The city remained lodged near the very bottom of the rankings, one of only four cities on Earth judged less livable than nearly all others surveyed.
As glaciers melt and monsoons rise, a Pakistani city builds directly in harm’s way
For a decade, this city in the shadow of the Karakoram range has been building its way into a disaster. Satellite photographs taken in 2013 and again in 2023 show the same stretch of land along a stream on Gilgit’s outskirts, and the difference between them is stark: what was once open floodplain is now dense with rooftops, shopfronts, and roads. The stream that cuts through it is not an ordinary waterway. It is fed by glacial lakes high in the surrounding mountains, the kind capable of bursting without warning and sending a wall of water, mud, and debris down into whatever lies below.
Pakistan scraps annual Hajj sign-up, unveils first four-year pilgrimage plan
ISLAMABAD: For as long as most Pakistanis can remember, the machinery of applying for Hajj has reset every single year. A new application. A new waiting period. A fresh scramble each cycle to secure one of the coveted spots in the country’s quota for the pilgrimage to Mecca.